Competing infant feeding information in mothers' networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations

Sato Ashida; Freda B Lynn; Natalie A Williams; Ellen J Schafer

doi:10.1017/S1368980015002220

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Competing infant feeding information in mothers' networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations

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Competing infant feeding information in mothers' networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations

Sato Ashida, Freda B Lynn, Natalie A Williams and Ellen J Schafer

Public health nutrition, Vol.19(7), pp.1200-1210

05/2016

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015002220

PMID: 26223281

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Abstract

To identify the social contextual factors, specifically the presence of information that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations, associated with infant feeding behaviours among mothers in low-income areas. Cross-sectional survey evaluating social support networks and social relationships involved in providing care to the infant along with feeding beliefs and practices. Out-patient paediatric and government-funded (Women, Infants, and Children) clinics in an urban, low-income area of the south-eastern USA. Eighty-one low-income mothers of infants between 0 and 12 months old. Most mothers reported receiving both supportive and undermining advice. The presence of breast-feeding advice that supports clinical recommendations was associated with two infant feeding practices that are considered beneficial to infant health: ever breast-feeding (OR=6·7; 95% CI 1·2, 38·1) and not adding cereal in the infant's bottle (OR=15·9; 95% CI 1·1, 227·4). Advice that undermines clinical recommendations to breast-feed and advice about solid foods were not associated with these behaviours. Efforts to facilitate optimal infant feeding practices may focus on increasing information supportive of clinical recommendations while concentrating less on reducing the presence of undermining information within mothers' networks. Cultural norms around breast-feeding may be stronger than the cultural norms around the introduction of solid foods in mothers' social environments; thus, additional efforts to increase information regarding introduction of solid foods earlier in mothers' infant care career may be beneficial.

Bottle Feeding

Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Cross-Sectional Studies

United States

Humans

Breast Feeding

Infant Food

Social Support

Child, Preschool

Infant

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Mothers

Socioeconomic Factors

Young Adult

Infant Care

Adolescent

Adult

Female

Infant, Newborn

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Title: Subtitle: Competing infant feeding information in mothers' networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations
Creators: Sato Ashida - 1Department of Community & Behavioral Health,The University of Iowa College of Public Health,145 North Riverside Drive,N422 CPHB,Iowa City,IA 52242,USA
Freda B Lynn - 2Department of Sociology,The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences,Iowa City,IA,USA
Natalie A Williams - 3Department of Child,Youth and Family Studies,University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences,Lincoln,NE,USA
Ellen J Schafer - 1Department of Community & Behavioral Health,The University of Iowa College of Public Health,145 North Riverside Drive,N422 CPHB,Iowa City,IA 52242,USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Public health nutrition, Vol.19(7), pp.1200-1210
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015002220
PMID: 26223281
NLM abbreviation: Public Health Nutr
ISSN: 1368-9800
eISSN: 1475-2727
Publisher: England
Language: English
Date published: 05/2016
Academic Unit: Sociology and Criminology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984064197502771

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